1. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined: 

                A. nurse                        B.  return                     C.  picture   

2. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined: 

                A. teacher                      B. term                         C. fisherman

. Fill each blank in the passage with a suitable word.

My favorite hobby is swimming. I (1) ______ this hobby when I was 6 years old. My brother taught me how to swim. I and he (2) ______swimming every morning. I (3) ______this hobby useful. I feel relaxed and healthy after swimming

. Give the correct tense of verbs in bracket, using the simple past or the present perfect.

1)       We (study) .................................almost every lesson in this book so far.

2)       We (study) .................................a very hard lesson the day before yesterday.

3)       We (watch) .................................an interesting program on television last night.

4)       We (never/ watch) .................................that television program. 

5)       My wife and I (travel)  ................................. by for 2 weeks.

6)       My wife and I (travel) ................................. to Mexico by air last summer.

7)       Tom (read) .................................that novel by Hemingway several times.

8)       She (read) ..................................that novel again during her last vacation.

9)       I (have) .................................a little trouble with my car last week.

10)  However, I (have)................................... no trouble with my car since then.

Choose and give the correct forms of the word for each blank.

1.       I .................................Japanese for 5 years, but now I don’t. 

2.       I .................................just................................. to start working next week.

3.       Mozart.................................more than 600 pieces of music.

4.       The bed was very comfortable, so they.................................very well. 

5.       It’ll soon get warm in here. I ................................. the heating on.

6.       Laura.................................Julie yesterday afternoon.

7.       ………… You ever ………….. to New York?

8.       She ................................. three poems about her fatherland.

9.       The bill isn’t right. They.................................a mistake.

10.  I.................................tired when I came home.